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Ministry of Mines
NALCO inks MoU with Government of India for FY 2018-19
Sets 100% capacity utilization in Alumina, Rs.1100 cr CAPEX & Higher Targets in production& productivity
Aluminium major &Navratna CPSE National Aluminium Company Limited  has signed MoU with the Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India, setting highest ever target of Rs 9350 crore revenue from operations for FY 2018-19 which is 15% higher than last year. The MoU was signed between Shri Anil GopishankarMukim, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, GoI and Dr.Tapan Kumar Chand, CMD, NALCO in New Delhi last evening. Shri Mukim, Secretary, Mines complimented NALCO management for the excellent performance of the company, high standard of Corporate Governance in 2017-18 and robust business plans for 2018-19. The MoU has been formulated as per Department of Public Enterprise guidelines and finalized after discussions with both Inter-Ministerial Committee as well as Ministry of Mines.
The MoU has also set a target of 2.1 million tons for production of Alumina with 100% capacity utilisation & an optimum Aluminium production target of 4.15 lakh tonnes. It sets a target of reduction in net carbon consumption as part of improvement in production efficiency, apart from giving thrust to commercialisation of new R&D products.
The Company has set a challenging CAPEX target of Rs.1100 crore for the year 2018-19. The expenses will be incurred in several projects like the 1 million tonne 5th stream of Refinery, Utkal-D&E coal blocks, wind power projects, JV projects and modernization & up- gradation of plant equipments. In yet another strategic move on the human resource front, target is also set for assessment of employees through People Capability Maturity Model  and implementation of online human resource management system. The targets will enable the company to synchronize its workforce and skill set in line with the new corporate plan. Dr. K. Rajeswara Rao, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Mines & Shri Anil Kumar Nayak, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines, and other senior officials of Ministry and NALCO were notably present on the occasion.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID - 19 Vaccination Update - Day 437
India’s cumulative vaccination coverage crosses 183.49 Crore
More than 22 lakh Vaccine doses administered today till 7 pm
More than 1.35 Crore Vaccine Doses administered to 12-14 age group so far
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 183.49 Crore  today. More than 22 lakh  Vaccine Doses have been administered till 7 pm today. More than 1.35 Crore  vaccine doses have been administered to 12-14 years age group so far. More than 2.27 Crore  Precaution Doses for the identified categories of beneficiaries  for COVID vaccination have been administered so far. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late tonight.
The cumulative coverage of vaccine doses, segregated based on population priority groups, is as follows:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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|
HCWs
|
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1st Dose
|
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10403526
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
9997254
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|
Precaution Dose
|
|
4433431
|
|
FLWs
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
18412900
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|
2nd Dose
|
|
17503787
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|
Precaution Dose
|
|
6817215
|
|
Age Group 12-14 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
13500862
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|
Age Group 15-18 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
56913111
|
|
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
37439773
|
|
Age Group 18-44 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
554368948
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|
2nd Dose
|
|
464189872
|
|
Age Group 45-59 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
202705853
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|
2nd Dose
|
|
184923341
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|
Over 60 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
126707548
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
115187288
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|
Precaution Dose
|
|
11467966
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|
Cumulative 1st dose administered
|
|
983012748
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Cumulative 2nd dose administered
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|
829241315
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|
Precaution Dose
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|
22718612
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|
Total
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|
1834972675
Today’s achievement in the vaccination exercise, segregated by population priority groups, is as follows:
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Date: 28th March, 2022 
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HCWs
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|
1st Dose
|
|
39
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|
2nd Dose
|
|
669
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
9357
|
|
FLWs
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
74
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
1720
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
17634
|
|
Age Group 12-14 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
1114215
|
|
Age Group 15-18 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
78067
|
|
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
186696
|
|
Age Group 18-44 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
60931
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
503860
|
|
Age Group 45-59 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
9052
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
117401
|
|
Over 60 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
6266
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
72638
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
110566
|
|
Cumulative 1st dose administered
|
|
1268644
|
|
Cumulative 2nd dose administered
|
|
882984
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
137557
|
|
Total
|
|
2289185
The vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from COVID-19 continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
DEPARTMENT OF PENSION & PENSIONERS’ WELFARE  TO CONDUCT BANKERS’ AWARENESS WORKSHOP FOR BANK OF BARODA
AN EXERCISE TOWARDS INTEGRATION OF BOB PORTAL TO THE INTEGRATED PENSIONERS’ PORTAL OF DOPPW FOR ‘EASE OF LIVING’ OF PENSIONERS
On the direction of Dr. Jitendra Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State for Personnel, PG and Pensions, to enhance “Ease of Living” of pensioners and family pensioners, Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare, Government of India has taken a number of welfare measures in pension policy as well as in digitization of pension related processes. There have been a number of amendments in the pension rules and several clarificatory orders/ instructions have been issued during the last 50 years. These have been consolidated and brought out as Central Civil Service  Rules, 2021 in December, 2021.
Since the major Pension Disbursing Authorities are banks, the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare has started a series of Awareness Workshops for Central Pension Processing Centers  of Banks as well as their field functionaries handling pension related work in the bank. For this purpose, a Central Government Team led by Shri V. Srinivas, Secretary, Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare and Additional Secretary Shri Sanjiv Narain Mathur is at Bhopal to conduct a workshop for the officers of Bank of Baroda.
The objective of these workshops is to spread awareness of the various rules and procedures relevant for Pension Disbursing Banks and also the steps being taken by Government of India to ensure “Ease of Living” for Pensioners. The workshop shall also focus on the issues faced by Bank officials in handling these processes and pensioners’ grievances.
The workshop for officers of Bank of Baroda is being held on 6th March, 2023, at Bhopal. More than 60 officers from CPPC and pension dealing branches of Bank of Baroda are participating in this workshop. Awareness workshops, on similar lines, will be conducted in collaboration with other Pension Disbursing Banks in 2023-24. The workshop is also expected to firm up a road-map towards integrating the Pensioners’ portal of Bank of Baroda with the single-window integrated pensioners’ portal of DoPPW entitled “Bhavishya” with the objective of providing pensioners with a host of information w.r.t their pension disbursement and related facilities.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 202.17Cr
Over 3.85Cr 1st dose vaccines administered for age group 12-14 years
India's Active caseload currently stands at1,50,877
16,866 new cases reported in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.46%
Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 4.49%
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 202.17Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,66,70,946sessions.
COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 3.85 Cr  adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Similarly, the COVID-19 precaution dose administration for age group 18-59 years also started from 10th April, 2022 onwards.
The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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|
Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
|
|
HCWs
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
10411128
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
10086208
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
6178264
|
|
FLWs
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
18429387
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
17663950
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
11853615
|
|
Age Group 12-14 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
38528615
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
27099459
|
|
Age Group 15-18 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
61018972
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
50618242
|
|
Age Group 18-44 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
559263213
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
507628059
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
14374330
|
|
Age Group 45-59 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
203640708
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
195010960
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
10232272
|
|
Over 60 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
127411014
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
121860416
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
30457803
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
7,30,96,284
|
|
Total
|
|
2,02,17,66,615
India’s Active Caseload currently stands at1,50,877.Active cases now constitute 0.34% of the country's total Positive Cases.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.46%. 18,148patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients  is now at 4,32,28,670.
16,866 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 2,39,751COVID-19tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 87.27Cr  cumulative tests.
Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 4.49% and the Daily Positivity rate is reported to be 7.03%.
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Port Blair Airport to have new Terminal Building
Annual Passenger Handling Capacity to rise to 50 Lakhs
New Building to be fully Air Conditioned
Veer Savarkar International Airport, Port Blair is soon going to have a new terminal building. The airport currently handles 18 lakh passengers annually. Considering the surge in the passenger traffic, Airports Authority of India has undertaken the work for construction of New Integrated Terminal Building at a cost of Rs. 700 crores.
With total built up area of 40,837 sq m, the New Terminal Building will be capable to handle 1200 passengers during peak hours and about 50 lakh passengers annually. The new passenger terminal building will have three-levels comprising of lower ground, upper ground and first floor. The lower ground floor will be used as remote arrival, departure and service area, the upper ground floor will have entry gate for departure passengers and exit gate for arrival passengers and the first floor as awaiting lounge for international passengers.
The world-class building is totally air conditioned and will be equipped with modern passenger’s facilities with 28 check-in counters, three passenger boarding bridges, five conveyor belts with In-line scan system and state-of-the-art Firefighting and Fire Alarm system. City side area of the Airport will also be developed with adequate parking facilities for car, taxi and buses along with the landscaping.
Inspired from nature, the design of the terminal is a shell shaped structure depicting sea and islands. The New Terminal Building with a span of 240 mtrs having two 120 mtr column less spans supported through periphery steel columns, will facilitate columns less large span arrival and departure hall. New terminal building is a structural steel framed building provided with aluminum sheet roofing and cable net glazing all around. The entire terminal will also have 100 per cent natural lighting through skylights provided at roof level. Curved shaped Cable Net Glazing will be provided all around the terminal building. This is first time introduced at such a large magnitude at Port Blair Airport.
More than 65% of project work is completed and the new terminal building of Port Blair is scheduled to be ready by the middle of the next year i.e. 2021.
Work in progress –Terminal Building
Work in progress –Terminal Building
Perspective of City Side Elevation
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
HRD Minister and Sports Minister to launch tomorrow Fit India Talks of eminent sports persons with school children
Champion athletes will speak to the students and share their inspirational life stories in Fit India Talks
The government of India’s flagship program Fit India is launching a series of interactive sessions with some of the top sportspersons of our country intended to inspire the school children. The sessions, titled Fit India Talks, premieres tomorrow July 3 in the presence of Union Minister of Human Resource Development Dr. RP Nishank, Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, ShriKirenRijijualong withbadminton star PV Sindhu and Indian football team skipper Sunil Chhetri.
The Fit India Talks sessions are being organized in association with the Sports Authority of India and the Ministry of Human Resource Development .
Union HRD Minister Shri Ramesh PokhriyalNishank said, “I requested KirenRijijuji to speak to our school children directly through a platform and not only did he completely oblige but also decided on bringing aboard the likes of PV Sindhu and Sunil Chhetri on board for our first session. All of us will be present on July 3. Please ask whatever you want and we willanswer you during the session at 5 pm.’
A host of leading sports celebrities will be sharing their experiences of childhood, stories on how they got inspired, their failures, struggles and their success. This will give the audience a very inspirational yet interesting account of their journeys – from common school students to world-class champions.
Sports MinisterShriKirenRijiju said that this is a series where the champion athletes will speak to the students and share their inspirational life stories. I invite all the school students, teachers and the parents to join in and interact with us directly.
There will be a total of six sessions which will go on till July 14. The likes of badminton star AshwiniPonnappa, Indian women’s hockey team skipper Rani Rampal, table tennis star ManikaBatra, shooter ApurviChandela and inspirational ParalympianDeepa Malik will join in at the sessions.
These will be streamed on Shri Ramesh PokhriyalNishank's social media pages, MHRD social media pages, Fit India Facebook & YouTube channel, SAI Facebook Page, MyGov YouTube channel, SportsTak YouTube channel as well as the DD Sports Television and YouTube channel.
Since April 15, Fit India has been doing exclusive content sessions for school students with leading fitness experts. These are capsules exclusively curated for school students.
Ministry of Earth Sciences
Super Cyclonic Storm ‘AMPHAN’  lay as a Cyclonic Storm over Bangladesh
The Super Cyclonic Storm ‘AMPHAN’  moved north-northeastwards with a speed of 10 kmph during past 06 hours as a Cyclonic Storm and lay centered at 0830 hrs IST of today, the 21st May 2020 overBangladeshnear Lat. 24.7°N and Long. 89.5°Eabout 270 km north-northeast of Kolkata, 150 km south of Dhubri and 110 km south-southeast of Rangpur .
It is very likely to continue to move north-northeastwards and weaken further into a Deep Depression during next 03 hours and into a Depression during subsequent 06 hours.
Forecast track and intensity are given in the following table:
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Date/Time
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Position>

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Maximum sustained surface
wind speed 
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Category of cyclonic disturbance
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21.05.20/0830
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24.7/89.5
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60-70 gusting to 80
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Cyclonic Storm
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21.05.20/1130
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25.3/89.8
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50-60 gusting to 70
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Deep Depression
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21.05.20/1730
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26.5/90.5
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30-40 gusting to 50
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Depression
 Heavy rainfall Warning:
Assam & Meghalaya: Light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy &extremely heavy falls  at isolated places very likely on 21st May, 2020.
Arunachal Pradesh: Light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places very likely on 21st May, 2020.
 Wind warning
Squally wind speed reaching 50 to 60 kmph gusting to 70 kmph very likely over Western Assam & Western Meghalaya till evening and reduce gradually thereafter.
[Kindly visit www.rsmcnewdelhi.imd.gov.in and www.mausam.imd.gov.in for updates on the system.
Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Revival of MSMEs
Government has taken a number of initiatives under Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan to support the MSME Sector in the country especially in Covid-19 pandemic. Some of them are:
i) Rs 20,000 crore Subordinate Debt for MSMEs.
ii) Rs. 3 lakh crores Collateral free Automatic Loans for business, including MSMEs.
iii) Rs. 50,000 crore equity infusion through MSME Fund of Funds.
iv) New revised criteria for classification of MSMEs.
v) New Registration of MSMEs through 'Udyam Registration' for Ease of Doing
Business.
vi) No global tenders for procurement up to Rs. 200 crores, this will help MSME.
An online Portal “Champions” has been launched on 01.06.2020 by Prime Minister. This covers many aspects of e-governance including grievance redressal and handholding of MSMEs. Through the portal, total 40,201 grievances have been redressed upto 21.11.2021.
The Ministry of MSME implements various schemes and programmes for growth and development of MSME Sector in the country. These schemes and programmes include Prime Minister’s Employment Generation programme , Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries , A Scheme for Promoting Innovation, Rural Industry & Entrepreneurship , Credit Guarantee Scheme for Micro and Small Enterprises, Micro and Small Enterprises Cluster Development Programme .
To provide further relief to the MSME Sector especially during Covid-19, Government has taken following measures recently:
- The validity of Udyog Aadhar Memorandum  has been extended up to
31.12.2021 vide notification no. S.O. 2347 dated 16.06.2021.
- On 02.07.2021, the Government has included retail and whole sale trades as
MSMEs and they are allowed to be registered on Udyam Registration Portal.
However, the benefits to Retail and Wholesale trade MSMEs are to be restricted to
Priority Sector Lending only.
- Now, street Vendors can also register as retail traders on Udyam Registration
 portal and avail the benefit of Priority Sector Lending.
This information was given by the Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Shri Narayan Rane in a written reply to Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Shri Narayan Rane hails the announcement of the VishwakarmaYojana by the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi onthe 77th Independence Day
Shri Rane says the scheme will support the Vishwakarmas who work with their hands using tools and will be launched on VishwakarmaJayanti with an initial allocation of Rs. 13000 – 15000 crore
Union Minister of MSME Shri Narayan Rane hailed the announcement of theVishwakarmaYojana by the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on the 77th Independence Day ceremony.
Hosting the 49 Khadi artisans and 57 artisans  along with their spouses from all over the country who had come to witness the 77th Independence Day at his residence in New Delhi today he said the scheme will support the Vishwakarmas who work with their hands using tools and will be launched on VishwakarmaJayanti with an initial allocation of Rs. 13000 – 15000 crore.
Shri Rane also expressed confidence that with the support from the Government of India, the artisans will be able to set up their own enterprises and increase their production and income.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister of State for MSME, Shri BhanuPratap Singh Verma acknowledged the immense contribution of the artisans in the nation building and assured them of continuous support from the Ministry of MSME.
These artisans are among the 1800 Special Guests who have been invited by the Government of India for the National Flag hoisting ceremony by Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi at Red Fort, New Delhi.
During the interaction, the artisans thanked Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi and the Government of India for providing them with the opportunity to be a part of this historic Independence Day celebration. They also expressed hope that Ministry of MSME will continue to support them with various initiatives and help them in collectively contributing to the nation’s development.
Ministry of Coal
Coal Off-take During The Last Quarter of The Financial Year Goes Up
The Total coal off-take in the country in the last quarter  was more than the previous three quarters. The details of total coal dispatch/ off-take during the last 4 quarters of 2020-21 are as under:
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Quarter 
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Offtake 
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1st 
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144.343
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2nd 
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158.466
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3rd 
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186.821
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4th 
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|
201.258
As per Central Electricity Authority , the quarter-wise generation from coal based power plants during the last year 2020-21 and current year 2021-22  are as under:
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Year
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Quarter
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Coal based generation|
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2020-21
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1st 
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|
198.9
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2nd 
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|
230.3
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3rd 
|
|
244.4
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4th 
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|
277.3
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2021-22
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1st  
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256.7
 Provisional based on actual- cum-assessment)
The Coal based power generation has shown a steady increase during each quarter of 2020-21. Further, during 1st quarter of 2021-22, coal based generation has increased by about 29% vis-à-vis same period last year .
This information was given by the Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi in Lok Sabha on 28 July, 2021.
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
To deal with COVID-19, CIPET to take up R&D initiatives in the areas of Health Care; manufacturing and Certifying PPE and other relevant products as per WHO/ ISO guidelines
CIEPT Centres at Murthal, Jaipur, Madurai and Lucknow have developed face shield as a protective equipment to fight against 'Coronavirus'
To deal with COVID-19 pandemic Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology  a premier national institution under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Govt. of India is to take up Research and Development  initiatives in the areas of Health Care, like Manufacturing and Certifying PPE and other relevant products as per WHO/ ISO guidelines.
CIPET has stated that as per the directives from Cabinet Secretariat CIPET has been advised to take up the R&D initiatives in the areas of Health Care. Accordingly, Testing Facilities for PPE and allied products as per the ISO/ WHO guidelines and National Accreditation Board for testing & calibration Laboratories  accreditation at the three CIPET :institute of plastic Technology  centres, namely, IPTs Bhubaneswar, Chennai, and Lucknow will be ready shortly.
CIPET: centre for Skilling and technical support Murthal had developed a 'Face Shield' to help health workers, farmers, labourers, police personnel etc. as a protective equipment to fight against 'Coronovirus'.
CIPET:CSTS, Jaipur; CIPET:IPT Lucknow and CIPET:CSTS Madurai were Developed Face Shield and the Production of Frames are in progress.
CIPET had expanded its capacity to test food grain packaging in order to support the essential service as per the directive of administrative ministry.
A nine member core-team has been constituted to take initiative to overcome the hurdles and accordingly it is proposed to start On-line training programs and door services to the industry for rendering technology support. Similarly, CIPET proposed to run in three shift basis with minimum manpower; maintaining social distance.
To support the distress situation of COVID 19 pandemic, CIPET has undertaken Community Welfare by contributing to PM CARES Fund and also to Local body / Municipal Corporation / State Govt. authorities. All employees of CIPET have together contributed one day’s salary, a sum of Rs.18.25 lakhs to the PM CARES Fund.
CIPET has so far contributed Rs.85.50 Lakhs to various Local bodies / Municipal Corporations/ State Govt. authorities with due approval of the Competent Authorities of CIPET, to mitigate the plight being faced by sufferers and migrant labourers by way of providing food and shelter in the wake of lock down enforced by Govt. of India as a result of spread of Corona Virus .